System of water-mains.



F. E. PECK.

SYSTEM OF WATER MAINS.

-APPLICATION FILED OCT-9,1916.

11, %3 R 9%5 D Patented July 3, 1917.

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SYSTEM OF WATER MAINS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 9. 191s.

Patented July 3, 1917.

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FREDERICK E. PECK, F SAWTELLE, CALIFORNIA.

SYSTEM OF WATER-MAINS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 191 "2.

Application filed October 9, 1916. Serial No. 124,614.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, F REDERIGK E. a citizen of the United States, residing at Sawtelle, in the county of Los Angeles, State of California, have invented a new and useful System of Water-Mains; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the are to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to the art of water distribution, and more particularly to a new and useful system of water mains in multiple and used in connection with fire plugs, for facilitating the control and distribution of ater from a fire engine to the location of the fire.

The present invention aims to eliminate the use of a trestle, and in lieu thereof, substitute a multiple or system of water mains embedded transversely under the street and below the tracks-of the cars.

A further aim of the invention is to provide four or more of such water mains at the street crossing, for instance as shown, and to provide the ends of each main with two outlets, including suitable valves for controlling the distribution of the water, so that by single connections from either of two engines upon diagonally opposite cor- .ners four hose may be connected to the outlots of the adjacent ends of two of the mains, whereby four streams may be directed toward and upon a fire.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitate alterations falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of a street crossing, showing the application of a multiple system of water mains and a couple of fire plugs.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 1 is a detail sectional view of a section of flexible hose.

Referring more especially to the drawings 1 designates a plurality of casings, there be ing two casings buried or embedded adjacent to each other on each corner portion of PECK,

a street crossing, and each casing is provided with a cover or lid 2 connected to the casing by means of a suitable hinge A water main is embedded transversely below the street a under the car tracks and ccmnects the two opposite casings. A similar water main 5 is embedded transversely under the street a below the car tracks and connects the two opposite casings. Similar water mains 6 and 7 are embedded transversely below the streets 6 and b and which mains 6 and 7 also connect opposite casings. Being that all of the mains are identical, the specification will only set forth the detail structure of one of them, and two connecting casings, more clearly shown in' Fig. 2. Therefore, each main consists of a section of pipe 8, the opposite ends of which are connected by the couplings 9 to the lateral end 10 of the elbow pipes 11. The upper end of each pipe 11 is threaded into the bottom of its respective casing 1, and also threaded upon the upper end of each pipe 11 is a T-nnion 12, the opposite ends of the T-portion of which union 12 are provided with suitable valves 13, from which elbow pipes 1% upwardly extend, having their upper ends threaded, to either one of which, the swiveled coupling 15 of either end of the section of flexible hose 16 ma be connected, so that the opposite end of said section of hose may be connected to the upper end of a pipe let of an adjacent casing or box, as shown at 17 in dotted lines in Fig. 1. However, the usual. fire hose may be connected to the elbow pipes 14. that is, connected to the elbow pipes 1+. of the casing l at c on Fig. 1, when the fire engine is connected to the extension 17 of the fire plug 18, in which case a suitable connection 19 should be made from the extension 20 of the fire plug 18 to one of the elbow pipes 14 of the casing l at (Z. If desired similar connections may be made from the fire plug 21, but through the water mains 5 and 7. The elbow of each pipe 11 has a valve 22, there being a handle 23 extending up into the adjacent casing 1 for operating the valve 22, so as to cut off or turn on the water from and to the T-union 12. If desired a connection similar to 17 may be made from a casing as casing 1 at (Z to an adjacent casing at 6, through the water main 5, in which case another connection 17 may be made from the casings g and 71., so that the water may pass through the water main 7, in which the elbow pipes 14 at is,

case two fire hose may be connected to the elbow pipes 14: at 0, and two connected to thereby making four fire hose extending from one corner of a street crossin Theinvention having been set forth what is claimed as new and usefulis:-

In a system for water distribution, the combination of a multiple of water mains, each embedded in the street transversely below the car tracks and a casing" for each end of each main and into which the main is threaded, 'said casing being embedded in the pavement and having" a hinged cover which closes flush with the pavement, each main having upturned portions at its ends, of a lever operated valve connected to said upturned portions, a T-union Within said casing connected with the lever operated valve and having connected with it a pair of valvesprovided with elbow-pipes, and a flexible hose connection from an elbow pipe of one casing to an elbow pipe of an adjacent casing, the aforesaid lever operated valve being exterior to the aforesaid casing. but having'means to permit its operating lever to be contained in' saidcasingi In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses. V L FREDERICK E. PEG/Ii. \Vitnesses ViIiLiAM IIAASL E. WV. MEonM.

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